How to Use allay in a Sentence

allay

verb
  • The new advertising campaign is an attempt to allay the public's concerns about the safety of the company's products.
  • One way to allay our own fears is simply to look at the facts.
    — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2022
  • These words, however, seem to not have been enough to allay fears.
    — Norma Young, Quartz Africa, 14 Mar. 2020
  • The agreement, at least for now, allays some of that tension.
    — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Yet some of them had suspicions about me that my new hard hat did nothing to allay.
    — Michael Holtz, The Atlantic, 14 June 2021
  • Pain & fear allayed when true magic applied.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The loss to Oklahoma this year didn’t help allay those fears.
    — Bill Landis, cleveland.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Biden is trying to allay those concerns by saying unions should be a part of the way ahead.
    — Josh Boak, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
  • DeLong didn’t have to wait long to see that happen and have his fears allayed.
    — Kansascity, kansascity.com, 23 June 2017
  • But the March jobs report showed that wage growth was mild last month, which might allay any such fears.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Apr. 2024
  • This can help allay some of their fears and concerns about being judged, Klein adds.
    — Brittany Risher, SELF, 18 Aug. 2018
  • The bank’s findings could also help allay fears over credit cards.
    — Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 26 July 2022
  • Against Serbia, at least, some of those worries were allayed.
    — Brian Straus, SI.com, 27 June 2018
  • Remind him that the easiest way to allay your concerns is to show you his home.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
  • Nothing the girl says can allay her mother’s concerns.
    — Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • This year, the new head of the NCI tried to allay researchers’ fears.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The planning did little to allay the fears of Rachel’s natives.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Xi tried to allay those concerns by referring to the country’s long-term growth prospects.
    — Tom Hancock, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Botswana's government has tried to allay people's fears of harm to the Delta.
    — Peter Rudden, CNN, 3 May 2021
  • Along the way, legislators have changed the bill to allay those concerns.
    — By Lawrence Mower, miamiherald, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Perhaps Kennedy’s fondness for fries will allay worries that they’ll be banned this time around.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
  • And the Supreme Court’s decision hasn’t allayed those fears.
    — Alison Graham Larson, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Experts say a little preparation can help allay these fears.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • All are legal residents, but that doesn’t allay the worry.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 23 Dec. 2025
  • And that means Alsobrooks is spending a lot of time trying to allay fears.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2020
  • All these worries would be allayed if TikTok turns out to be a passing fad.
    — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Dealing with that anxiety and allaying that fear takes time, and they are not being paid for that time.
    — Ginger Christ, cleveland.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Prime Day is an excellent time to get a video doorbell to help allay those concerns from afar.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2024
  • All of the fears going into the competition were, for the most part, allayed.
    — Avi Creditor, SI.com, 22 June 2019
  • But this mission had brought some joy into the world and allayed some of the doubts about America.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 17 July 2019

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